The World Health Organisation on Tuesday clarified that neither painkiller Tylenol, its primary ingredient paracetamol, nor vaccines cause autism, after US President Donald Trump claim. On Monday, Trump claimed that pregnant women should "tough it out" and avoid Tylenol due to an unproven link to autism, and also urged major changes to the standard vaccines administered to babies, AFP reported. In response to fears over childhood vaccines, WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said: "Vaccines do not cause autism." He added, "The childhood immunisation schedule, carefully guided by WHO, has been adopted by all countries and has saved at least 154 million lives over the past 50 years." "These schedules have continually evolved with science and now safeguard children, adolescents and adults

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